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The Power of Pausing

Sunday Service at 10 AM
in person (3331 Old Conejo Road, Newbury Park)
or via Zoom
Our work ethic culture encourages us to keep pushing on, working hard, and getting things done. But sometimes, particularly when the path ahead is unclear, it helps to take a pause, reflect, and listen deeply within. Join us today to explore the uncomfortable tension of pausing amidst the need to progress.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 209 555 249
Phone: 16699009128
Password: 2020
You can also view our Livestream on FB

Back to School, Back to Life

As we return from our summers and children go back to school, how can we intentionally re-engage with this season of life? What do we want to create in our lives now? Bring your backpack or handbag and join us for our annual Blessing of the Backpacks and to find inspiration for your return.

Braiding Sweetgrass

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How do you connect with Mother Earth? Is it through science? Through nature? The ancestors? Perhaps something else? Over the past year, Chalice’s Braiding Sweetgrass group has explored these questions and more with the guidance of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book of the same title. Join us as members of this group share their own stories and reflections of their relationship with our Dear Mother.

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

Humans can be hard on ourselves, giving no quarter for not knowing something the first time, allowing no room for the grace of learning. We are hard on ourselves and each other. Rev. Dana of the Ventura UU Church shares a practice of grace, possibly even for the ‘hot button’ issues of our day.

Love at the Center: Reflections on General Assembly

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In June, our Annual Unitarian Universalist General Assembly took place on line. Our denomination voted to place Love at the Center of how we articulate our faith. Join us to hear about what’s going on at a national level and learn more about current trends in Unitarian Universalism. This is Rev. Nica’s last service before her summer break.

Shining our Light Wherever We Are

July 7th marks our first service in our new temporary Sanctuary in Fellowship Hall. No matter where we are, we, the people, are Chalice. With our world in disarray, it is important we shine our light wherever we are. Join us in person to experience the joy of using our building in a new way. You can experience the service live in our Sanctuary or sit with friends on sofas in our new Lounge or Nest and enjoy the service on screens, partaking in communal rituals all together. And of course, we continue to offer online zoom services. Welcome to our new way of worshipping together.

My Muzungu Eyes Are Improving

This is above all a humour service— told by UU Liz James, with funny stories of lions and cross cultural misunderstandings. It’s also a service about bravery and Unitarianism overseas—telling the story of Rev. Fulgence Ndadigimana’s imprisonment for his work as a UU Minister, how UUs around the world came together to get him released, and the not for profit he founded afterwards. Above all, it’s a story of friendship, and how building relationships with people very different from us enriches us and allows us to make a difference in the world.

GA Service – Weaving Our Lives (online only)

Today, we will be joining together online for our annual General Assembly worship service. Find us on zoom for this denomination wide event called Weaving Our Lives. We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care?